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Adluma cirrhosa Climbing Fumitory, is not indi- 

 genous to this vicinity, but is found in the eastern part of 

 the state, Indiana and Ohio. It is a handsome climbing 

 biennial vine with delicate foliage, thrice pinnate leaves, cut 

 lobed little leaflets, and ample panicles of drooping pale, 

 flesh-colored flowers. It climbs over high bushes, and in 

 cultivation makes elegant festoons and bowers in shady 

 places. It may be obtained at Mr. Frederick's greenhouse. 



If our streets were lined with shade trees, and our 

 yards properly set with them, and with shrubbery and vines, 

 they would absorb much of the carbonic acid gas that gen- 

 erates in excess in all cities and places where great numbers 

 of men or animals congregate. They would perceptibly 

 modify the intensity of the heat and dryness of the atmos- 

 phere in summer, and add much to the healthfulness, 

 comfort and beauty of the city. 



It is well known, that in summer much of our sick- 

 ness, especially among children, is caused chiefly by intense 

 heat. Reduce the temperature ten degrees, and you will 

 lessen the percentage of mortality from cholera infantum 

 and allied diseases of children twenty-five to fifty per cent. 

 Our broad, naked, sandy streets; our unnecessarily broad, 

 brick sidewalks, the walls and roofs of our houses, reflect 

 the heat from the burning rays of the sun until the whole 

 atmosphere at times becomes like a heated oven. No 

 wonder many persons become suddenly sick and die. No 

 wonder multitudes of little children, the light and hope of 

 the family succumb, and our cemeteries are dotted all over 

 with little graves. 



Except in the business part of the city, one-half of all 

 our wide streets should be converted into grass plats and 

 set in trees. Every property owner should be required to 

 care for and protect these grass plats and trees the same as 

 and even more than his sidewalks. 



